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Your code puts the missing "end" into the first spell within "id", while
Marcus wanted it to reside in the last one...
At least this is what I get from your code:
	+--------------------------+
	id   begin    end   cens 
	--------------------------
1.	1    1997      .      0 
2.	1    2006   2006      1 
	--------------------------
3.	2    1997      .      0 
4.	2    2003   2003      1 
	--------------------------
5.	3    1997      .      0 
6.	3    2004   2004      0 
7.	3    2007   2007      1 
	--------------------------
8.	4    1997      .      0 
9.	4    2006   2006      1
HTH
Martin
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[mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Scott Merryman
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. Oktober 2009 13:24
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: st: AW: add new record for individual in dataset
Here is another way:
clear
input id      begin   end             cens
1       1997    2006       0
2       1997    2003       0
3       1997    2004       0
3       2004    2007          0
4       1997    2006       0
end
bys id: gen foo  = cond(_n == _N,2,1)
expand foo
bys id (begin): replace begin = end[_n-1] if _n >1
by id: replace end = cond(_n==1, . , begin)
by id:replace cens = 1 if _n == _N
drop foo
l, sepby(id)
Scott
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> <>
>
>
>
> *************
> clear*
>
> input  byte(id )        begin   end             cens
> 1       1997    2006       0
> 2       1997    2003       0
> 3       1997    2004       0
> 3       2004    2007          0
> 4       1997    2006       0
> end
>
> compress
> list, noobs sepby(id)
> tempfile temp
> save `temp', replace
>
> collapse (last) end, by(id)
> rename end begin
> gen end=.
> gen cens=1
>
> append using `temp'
>
> order id begin end cens
> sort id begin
> list, noobs sepby(id)
> *************
>
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
>
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